The meaning of “נָכָה”
Understanding nâkâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, sla...
נָכָה
beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound. - to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively) 1) to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill 1a)(Niphal) to be stricken or smitten 1b) (Pual) to be stricken or smitten 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to smite, strike, beat, scourge, clap, applaud, give a thrust 1c2) to smite, kill, slay (man or beast) 1c3) to smite, attack, attack and destroy, conquer, subjugate, ravage 1c4) to smite, chastise, send judgment upon, punish, destroy 1d) (Hophal) to be smitten 1d1) to receive a blow 1d2) to be wounded 1d3) to be beaten 1d4) to be (fatally) smitten, be killed, be slain 1d5) to be attacked and captured 1d6) to be smitten (with disease) 1d7) to be blighted (of plants)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 19:11 | “And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.” Word: נָכָה (nâkâh) | |
| Judges 9:44 | “And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.” Word: נָכָה (nâkâh) | |
| 2 Chronicles 25:3 | “Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.” Word: נָכָה (nâkâh) | |
| Song of Solomon 5:7 | “The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.” Word: נָכָה (nâkâh) | |
| Hosea 9:16 | “Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.” Word: נָכָה (nâkâh) |
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